Robert L. Johnson
American businessman · United States · On the map · Business Professionals · Born 1946 · age 80
Robert Louis Johnson is an American entrepreneur, media magnate, executive, philanthropist, and investor. He is the co-founder of BET, which was acquired by Viacom in 2001. He also founded RLJ Companies, a holding company that invests in various business sectors.
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Johnson is the former majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. He became the first African American billionaire in 2001. Johnson's companies have counted among the most prominent African-American businesses in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
